It takes a special kind of obstinate nihilism and rampant self-regard to inherit the kingdom of Cruyff -- via a succession of disciples like Pep Guardiola, Txiki Begiristain, Frank Rijkaard, Joan Laporta, Tito Vilanova and Andoni Zubizarreta -- to be inducted into the rules, to benefit from the vast degrees of football wealth and admiration that brings, and then still behave like sporting Visigoths and tear the empire down brick by brick. 74 min: Lewandowksi has a crack from a tight angle on the left. All of those opposition clubs and supporters who've been made to kneel and eat humble pie over the past 15 years frankly deserve their moment of schadenfreude, they really do. Barcelona 2-8 Bayern Munich (Coutinho 89), GOAL! And from that ... 51 min: Kimmich floats a pass down the inside-right channel. Bayern were magnificent going forward, but Barcelona’s defence ... goodness me. Le Bayern Munich continue de tirer son épingle du jeu après sa victoire écrasante 2-8 sur le Barça en quart de finale de la Ligue des champions la saison dernière. Demi-finales • Arsenal head of football leaves in shake-up The bigger point was missed. 81 min: Coutinho probes down the left. Suarez shapes to go inside, but drops a shoulder to send Boateng away, then steps into the box down the inside-left channel before whipping a shot into the bottom right. This time it’s a painful encounter for Davies, as the pair clash heads accidentally and the brilliant young full back comes off worse. Bartomeu and his acolytes were wholly unprepared for Neymar leaving them for Paris even though the warning signs were there for months. Barca have made one change, swapping Sergi Roberto for Antoine Griezmann. Bayern first spoiled the Barca party in 1996, when their 2-1 win at the Camp Nou in the UEFA Cup semifinal convinced Blaugrana president Josep Nunez to sack Johan Cruyff, which he duly did. 88 min: Coutinho again down the left. “Bayern’s pressing tonight is something that Klopp would be very proud of; they are relentless. This board used Messi. Les deux entraîneurs ont dévoilé leurs compositions d'équipe. Partly because their key players have, literally, won everything. They are, as usual, either wholly, or partially, authors of their own downfall. El Bayern Múnich fue una apisonadora, un equipo tremendamente superior que aplastó de principio a fin a los culés. Pique backs off fatally, allowing Davies to dribble closer and closer to the goal, before reaching the left-hand post and pulling back for Kimmich to slam home. Partly because there are too many players at Barcelona who aren't elite. Get instant access. The knee-jerk conclusion will no doubt be that this Barca team is as dependent on Lionel Messi as a yo-yo is reliant on gravity and that when he's subdued, Barca crumble. A ball swung left for Tolisso, who heads across for Coutinho, on the edge of the six-yard box. Barça fans worldwide buried their heads in their hands. If a motorist repeatedly turned into oncoming traffic or kept on failing to notice a stop sign, he would have his licence withdrawn. Him, Sergi Roberto, and Semedo are not even pretending to care about protecting the comedy show that is Piqué and Lenglet. Messi loses the ball and doesn’t bother trying to get it back. Barcelona were beyond pathetic. pic.twitter.com/3ooITUU6aM — Champions League on … Setién stumbles off out of sight. “Mes que un shambles,” suggests marketing guru Matt Dony. Losing by a six-goal margin to a team that can now equal your record as the only club to win the Treble twice is hideous. Once Neymar stomped off, this board not only failed to re-assess their performance, their priorities, their decision-making or their football manual, but they made things significantly worse by handing out fat contract renewals to players who, frankly, needed to be either replaced or feel challenged rather than ultra-secure. Vidal arrives on the scene to blooter the ball away with extreme prejudice and great feeling. I am decidedly not a fan of either of these clubs and do not like what their dominance/riches are doing to their respective domestic leagues, but I will put that aside for a moment and admit that this is excellent entertainment and that I am enjoying it hugely” - Adam Kline-Schoder, “How Barcelona have not replaced Piqué and Alba in the last five years is beyond explanation. They've put years of the same effort, consistency, doggedness and imagination into careering downhill toward their 8-2 humiliation and self-flagellation against Bayern Munich as they once did into carefully building up to what's widely acknowledged as the greatest Champions League final performance of all time at Wembley in 2011. You have to hand it to Barcelona. Lol. 69 min: From the resulting corner, Gnabry has a shot blocked. But the biggest factor in Barcelona hitting "rock bottom" is that the board has systematically torn up or discarded all the rules that the various Cruyff eras taught them. More inept planning and decision-making. It became an obsession. All news about the team, ticket sales, member services, supporters club services and information about Barça and the Club They’re taking an age. First things first for City, though, and the conquerors of Juventus will be no Barca-style pushover. But matters are soon over-complicated and the ball’s soon in Neuer’s hands. Le Barça et le Bayern se retrouvent ce vendredi en quart de finale de la Ligue des champions (21 heures). 36 min: Ter Stegen and Pique get themselves into another awful muddle, allowing Perisic to steal the ball on the left-hand corner of the box. But it has to win first, Access all areas? Semedo is toast. Le coach du Barça aligne un 4-4-2 avec Alba-Lenglet-Piqué-Semedo-De Jong-Busquets-S.Roberto-A. Le choc entre le PSG entre le Barça démarre à 21h. • Solskjaer asks United's stars to step up Muller, channelling the Brazil-Germany game at the 2014 World Cup, pokes home from close range. Barca trudge back onto the pitch, defeat already writ large across every face. Unless he’s got the mother of all half-time speeches tucked up his sleeve, Quique Setién won’t be in a job this time tomorrow. Nighty night! and if the answer was "Yes" the decision had to be reversed, then no one would be shocked. Lewandowski nearly wins a header from Perisic’s left-wing cross. • Maguire: Season a failure without trophy What a dribble that was! And then there's Messi -- tired and reduced not just by Father Time, but by the extra effort of carrying so many people on his shoulders for so long. All good! Barcelona haven't come close to this kind of holistic resource protection with Dembele. I truly believe that over the years I've addressed all these issues, and more, on these pages. Some who are not elite at all (Nelson Semedo), some who were elite but now aren't (Luis Suarez, Arturo Vidal, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets), some who could still be elite but need to be functioning within a dynamic, challenging and talent-ridden atmosphere (Pique, Antoine Griezmann, Frenkie de Jong, Clement Lenglet, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Ivan Rakitic, Samuel Umtiti). One of society's important constructs is the presumption that repetitive, self-destructive behaviour is an indication of something being badly wrong, and that intervention, education and re-direction are essential. Le Barça défie le Bayern Munich ce vendredi soir en quart de finale de Ligue des champions à Lisbonne. Barcelona are between a rock and a hard place and, mostly, it's their own damn fault. Why the long ball still matters in elite soccer. Those footballers were bought largely because they were shiny new toys for the board to boast about. That's a stain on the history books, but it passes. A corner, that leads to nothing. This is beyond embarrassing. There is a moment when we catch the ball and we have so much talent in the offensive line. Our 2021 predictions, MVP favorites, team-by-team talking points, Pep: I'd 'lose team' if Steffen didn't start FA Cup, Spurs' Mourinho 'positive' after Kane limps off, Miami gets compliant, loans Pellegrini to USL side, Social media company 'saddened' by Foden split, Man United's Heath returns to U.S. with injury, Arteta: Auba remains key player for Arsenal, Injured Mandzukic foregoes Milan salary for March, Transfer Talk: Man United could move for Leicester's Fofana this summer. 65 min: Barca have been faffing around at the back to an absurd degree all evening. Goretzka barrels through the huge hole in the Barca defence, chests down, and hoicks over. Le choc des quarts de finale de Ligue des champions a tourné à l'humiliation. Most of the time after big wins, it’s more difficult so we have to be careful.”. Thank you for the man-of-the-match trophy, but I think we have 12 or 15 more players who deserve this as well. Les Barça - Bayern déçoivent rarement les amateurs de footballeur. Dans cet article. But being told the knockout punch is coming, having people shouting it at you from the sideline, continuing to drop your guard and then jutting out your chin ... well. Kimmich drives down the right. We feel good. Barca’s humiliation grows and grows. • City lacked perfection in loss to Lyon - Pep Goodness knows how that one would end, both sides blessed with outrageously good attacks but not quite so dependable defences. He's played 36 times for Bayern this season and scored 11 goals. First published on Fri 14 Aug 2020 18.30 BST. We are not here to win the quarter, we are here to win the semi, and then the final. Once again they give up possession like feckless dandies, allowing Kimmich to literally stroll into their box on the right. Hope you can join us for that one tomorrow evening. Official FC Barcelona website. Barca are extremely fortunate that Lewandowski’s downward header is straight at Ter Stegen. The signs were there for all to see that something like the 8-2 thrashing from Bayern was headed Barcelona's way. No way through this time. Forgive the animal metaphor, but instead of thinking of the best way to protect and support their GOAT (greatest of all time), they viewed Messi as a cash cow, no more than a part of the Barca brand and a means to global marketing nirvana. 41 min: Space for Semedo down the right, sent scampering away by Sergi Roberto. In front of 93,219 souls watched Barça pulverise Bayern 4-0, with the first two goals coming after just 12 minutes. Now's not the time to begin to speculate on whether Messi leaves, or to where he might go. Another shot, this one nearly deflected into the top left. Bayern were so good. 49 min: Neuer launches a drop kick down the middle. Où que vous soyez, suivez cette rencontre sur nos réseaux sociaux, notre site web et l'application du Club : @fcbarcelona_fra et www.fcbarcelona.fr Friday night's corrective experience was coming. La faute à son statut de joueur extra-communautaire. - Don't have ESPN? Messi's damning words were last month. He thinks about crossing. Lewandowski teases Semedo down the left. This was hurting. ... 08/08-LdC : Barça, Bayern et Chelsea comme résistants: 08/08-Chelsea : Milan se place pour Bakayoko: 08/08-Juve : la sœur de CR7 en remet une couche: In the meantime, here’s Jacob Steinberg’s take on an outrageous brouhaha in Lisbon. Italie. Muller rounds Ter Stegen and tees up Lewandowski, who slots home.
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